FFII opposes Fasttrack adoption of Microsoft OOXML format as ISO standard
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| The FFII has several concerns with the proposed standard. OpenXML
| relies on undisclosed patents, and undisclosed or incomplete
| licensing terms that make any independent reimplementation
| impossible or heavily risky. It obliges implementors to
| reverse-engineer the behavior of old closed Microsoft
| applications and formats. It uses non-standard formats for
| languages and dates, and specifies known bugs, such as
| treating 1900 as a leap year.
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http://press.ffii.org/Press_releases/FFII_opposes_Fasttrack_adoption_of_Microsoft_OOXML_format_as_ISO_standard
http://tinyurl.com/2qxk7p
This is not the first complaint. Two more bodies have already complained (ref
below).
So let's see what we have in this standard:
* Bugs are part of the standard
* Support for different version of Office (history lesson)
* Proprietary 'extensions'
* Closed specs
* Incomplete specs
* 6,000 pages (as opposed to just 600 that are complete and
self-contained)
Recent:
Open source lobby fury over Office format fast-track
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| The duo claim the process means Europe is being 'railroaded
| into accepting an 'inadequate' standard.
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http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/102898/open-source-lobby-fury-over-office-format-fasttrack.html
http://tinyurl.com/37vouh
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